Mon. 5/26/14 12:39am
pacific standard simon:
I suppose that complaining that there's too many keyboard overdubs on this McLagen track would be like complaining that there's too many guitars on a Stones track...

Mon. 5/26/14 2:08am
P-90:
I wonder if she just felt there should be no "headliner-status" players in the band, she didn't want them getting credit in people's minds for whatever work John was putting out. Or John and Yoko, excuse me.

Mon. 5/26/14 2:12am
Matt from Springfield:
Well that's exclusionary--I thought the "Plastic Ono Band" was supposed to include EVERYONE, including those not in studio at the time..

Mon. 5/26/14 2:12am
BadGuyZero:
She thought they were trying to swindle John.

Mon. 5/26/14 2:16am
P-90:
@ BGZ: Do go on, haven't heard this particular scuttlebutt before. You mean they asked for a piece of the royalties or...?

Mon. 5/26/14 2:21am
JakeGould:
Double Fantasy was in 1980. John Lennon wanted a mix of musicians he never played with before & he arranged it that they would play as a group but not know who the final artist was until the real sessions. Unsure about the Yoko Ono gossip aspect of this. It could jus be unnecessary drama connected to an experiment in “mixing it up” with different musicians.

Mon. 5/26/14 2:23am
P-90:
@ rw: I remember those days, yeah, Cheap Trick had had their hits, ridden the MTV machine, yeah, the were big, maybe as big/bigger than before or since.

Mon. 5/26/14 2:31am
P-90:
I remember my Mom saved a copy of Newsweek (or Time?) for me, there was a pretty long cover story about John coming "back" after taking time to raise Sean and chill out from the biz- -and drugs, etc.
The 2 singles from DF were on the radio, there was a real good vibe about it, not like WOW Lennon is BACK, more like: yeah, sure, John's still around, he's with us, he's putting a new record out, and saying he wants to be more outspoken again about "issues."
Then, right in the middle of all that, he was just suddenly gone.

Mon. 5/26/14 2:40am
coelacanth:
i was out,getting into trouble with my most asshole friend,whose last name was chapman one night.We Loved each other,as punkrock brothers.My mother HATED him! I got home to a big note in red marker "JOHN LENNON KILLED BY JOHN DAVID CHAPMAN TODAY". (mixing together my friend's & his brother's name.) ...That was shocking!

Mon. 5/26/14 2:40am
JakeGould:
Yes, it is official. Robert Smith has declared this the Goth segment. Except this saxophone is making this so not… So not… No… Not…

Mon. 5/26/14 2:42am
Matt from Springfield:
@Jake: I think that was an 80s major-label compliance law, I won't hold it against them.

Mon. 5/26/14 2:53am
BadGuyZero:
Albert Brooks real last name is Einstein. Super Dave is his brother.

Mon. 5/26/14 2:53am
P-90:
amEdo: you get orthotics made for your arches, you can stick them in any Vans, Converse high-tops, Tom Ford limited edition suede Pumas, or whatever sexy foot accesories you favor